Technical Notes About the Altis Site
If any part of this site does not appear to function as expected, please send a message right away. Some factors to consider are noted here.
| Browsers | We no longer regularly test this web site with numerous browser and operating system variations. We assume that if it works with the current version of Internet Explorer, it should be fine. (A quick check is also done using Firefox, Netscape, and Opera which generally exposes any major issues.) The site should look like this:
Every effort is made to validate this site as compliant with XHTML 1.0 (Transitional). If any part of this site appears
incompatible with your browser or doesn't seem to look right, please send
a message with an explanation
of the problem and the URL of the offending page. |
| Colors | Some browsers
allow you to configure the default font and background colors. If the
default colors on this site do not appear as black text on a white
background, check your browser preferences to make sure that you have not
selected an option such as "Always use my colors, overriding page
document." |
| Graphics | Graphics on
this site are stored in either GIF or JPEG format. Practically all current
browsers support these common formats. We have made an effort to keep the
size of graphics low so that pages display as quickly as possible. If you
notice any unusual delays, or something does not appear to display
properly, please send a message. |
| Links | Links
from this site to others are verified regularly. Broken links are
corrected as soon as they are identified. Occasionally, a site will be
temporarily unavailable, so the link will be left in place until it is
back on line. Links that appear to be dead are removed. If any link on
this site no longer functions or appears to be incorrect, please send a
message. |
| Technology | If this site appears somewhat old-fashioned by web standards, we feel that our work has been successful. (The underlying effort uses the latest tools and standards.) We have no particular affection for Flash plug-ins or elaborate graphical layouts that burn up bandwidth and communicate little. Altis is driven more by results than novelty. If that sounds like vacuum-tube thinking, good. Tubes just sound better anyway. |
